republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-2870.md

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Bill	Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social equity purposes.	Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social equity purposes.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 2870	Washington HB 2870 (2019-2020)	bill	MINORITIES PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS DRUGS COMMERCE DEPARTMENT	enacted	Pettigrew	4	51	3	2020-01-28	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/9c143c73-f68d-4430-88bc-333e1cdfb223	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2870&year=2019	32bce14b8e41844921d9d2004a4786a45a001e96b7d3c1ad5804475b05f3bbc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2870 (2019-2020) — Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social equity purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — 55–41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pettigrew — primary (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-28 First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. reading-1
• 2020-02-06 COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2020-02-11 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-11 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-11 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-14 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-16 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-06 COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2020-02-11 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-11 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-11 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-14 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-16 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-11 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-11 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-11 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-14 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-16 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-16 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2020-02-16 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-16 Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2020-02-18 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2020-02-25 LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2020-02-25 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-03-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2020-03-09 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2020-03-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2020-03-10 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2020-03-10 Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2020-03-11 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-12 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-12 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-31 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-31 Chapter 236, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-31 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2020-02-25T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-25T17:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c143c73-f68d-4430-88bc-333e1cdfb223. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).